Inauguration of Digital Mandi
The scientific community of the IITs set on
their aim of providing sustainable, culturally-appropriate solutions for the
rural Indian community. The Kanpur-Lucknow hub of Media Lab Asia has been
working on bringing the benefits of information and communication design technologies
to farmers and traders of agriculture commodities in this region. In this
connection a Digital Mandi (Empowering Mandis-Conneting Markets) was inaugurated
by Ex Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Rajnath Singh at Sawaijpur Pali
on February 12, 2004.